Shingi: Sorry that updating has been getting further and further apart. I just got my second job and working on the third job interview Monday so hoping for the best :D but more importantly on with the show.

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Fear not what hides in the dark. For it fears what does not hide with it.

-Chapter 10-

Zac stood tall with his hands on his hips facing the sky as he laughed. "Looks like you guys needed a real hero!"as he continued to laugh and giggle Lee tilted his head up to the laughing giant next to him. Lee although grateful noticed something.

"What happened to the fire? I smell the smoke but the fire itself seems to have disappeared." Zac stopped laughing and looked down at Lee questioningly.

"Fire? What fire are you talking about? I didn't-" Zac sniffed the air through 2 holes that appeared out of nowhere on his face. "Well now that you mention it I smell some smoke." He continued to sniff the air not noticing the smoke was behind him and getting larger turning into a small flame. Akali cleared her throat loud enough to get his attention. Zac looked over to her as she motioned for him to turn around. He did a 360 still keeping the growing fire behind him. Akali face-palmed herself causing Zac to turn to her again. Galio saw the frustration Zac was causing and decided to say something.

"The fire is on the back part of you." Zac had a large 'Oh' face as he stretched his neck out to see the fire. He grabbed the part of himself that was on fire and through it to the ground stomping it out repeatedly. "I thought you said you were fire proof?" Zac stopped his almost comedic stomp and scratched the back of his head smiling.

"Guess I'm not hehehe." Akali was about to face-palm again but saw the Shyvana was not amused by any of this as she prepared to shoot out more of her black fire. Akali was about to worn everyone but saw Shyvana get blasted by Galio. This caused her to fall on her back shooting fire up into the sky before it came back down raining everywhere. Galio flew out of range as Akali moved towards the same side. Zac bounced out the way with Lee right behind him.

Taric now fully restored approached Garen slowly as he did before. Garen and Janna took battle stances ready for round 2. Janna whispered over to Garen low so that Taric wouldn't here.

"Can you bring down that sword again? Taric hasn't been known for his limitless mana." Garen responded never taking his eyes of Taric.

"I can't use that move whenever I like. It take time that I feel like he won't give me again. We either need help or this is going to get bad. Really bad and I doubt Akali and Lee are doing much better than we are." He looked to the last direction he saw them but his vision of their fight was being blocked by a large wall of fire Shyvana had created when she missed her wave of fire. He looked back at Taric as he racked his brain for any ideas he could get but nothing was coming to mind. Taric was 7 feet away and Garen had nothing. Even though he had nothing he would still take him on til his last breath. Taric seemed to be moving in slow motion as Garen's heart rate went up. He tightened his grip waiting for Taric to get serious but how slow he moved seemed to only increase Garen's anxiety. Garen breathed in and out calming himself down and as he did he realized that Taric's speed had not changed.

"Is it just me or is Taric moving extremely slow?" Garen rubbed his eyes as what Janna was saying was exactly what he was seeing. Taric was moving slow. Before either could ask anything a bomb seemed to float above Taric's head ticking with a small fuse that was not long. Both of them to confused to respond stood still as if it was bad enough a large anchor came in front of them which soon was being held by a large man in a sub suit. He covered both of them as the bomb above Taric's head exploded with a blast radius that would have blown them away if not for the heavy suited man in front of them. The dust was heavy as a shadow approached. Janna could see this shadow that stood as tall as Taric and was afraid. She didn't know where the bomb came from but if he survived that and was walking unscratched then they really had no chance in winning this battle.

Taric emerged from the dust cloud seeming just as he did before walking just the same. As he took another step he dropped his hammer. He looked to his right side looking at his arm like he didn't understand before his other hand dropped his shield. He looked to his left still not understanding but then looked forward to Garen and Janna. He attempted to walk forward once more and fell to a knee. He tried to get up and fell on his face. He didn't try to move again as his body sat there motionlessly. The sub suited man approached the dark gem knight without hesitation and took a knee next to his body. He put his hand on the back of his back piece of his armor before lifting him up over his shoulder. He turned to Garen and Janna as they just stared back at him. An old man that seemed to float went past both of them moving closer to Taric examining his unconscious form.

"It seems that Heimerdinger was correct about the weakness of this dark shell." He turned around to Garen and Janna as they seemed to not understand what just happened. He looked back to The large guy and patted him on his back signaling him to start making his way which he did towards the Demacian gate. "I'm sorry for my rude entrance but it seemed you both didn't have a way to beat him so I believed that you could use some of my help. On the other hand it is nice to see you both again. Getting to see champions outside of the institute is very refreshing, wouldn't you both agree?" Garen was first to respond to Zilean's comment.

"Wait! You said something about a weakness. What were you talking about?" Zilean seemed to have a realization moment.

"AH that's what you meant. Well it seems that the dark that covers our friends is some kind of casing. Each casing has a weakness for either magic or brute force but we can't tell the difference between the 2 but Heimerdinger and Jayce along with the help of Victor believe it or not have capture a few of the people missing from their homes. Rather than announce it Heimerdinger suggested this would be the perfect time to study what was happening to them. We have found that wherever these people got this shelling of darkness seemed to have an unknown origin at the moment but maybe with Taric and Shyvana we can study a little more we can find out just where this is coming from. We will need to get them both to Piltover as soon as possible. I assume you can help them over their take on the dragon? It would seem the others who came with us may not be enough."

He gestured over to the lowering fire that showed five forms that could be made out from the smoke. Zilean looked over to Janna who caught on and brought a breeze through which blew away most of the smoke. Shyvana could now clearly be seen swatting at Lee and Akali as they both seemed to strike at vital areas. Galio attempted to stop Shyvana from getting good hits in while Zac was slowing her down by stretching all over her and using his hands to keep her mouth shut but she was still putting too up too much of a fight. Garen began to take a full sprint over to the dragon as it fought them 4v1. Lee jumped out of the way as the dragon tried to claw him again. As he did Garen ran past him and raised his sword high above his head bringing it down only to miss as Shyvana flew back a few feet causing Akali to lose balance and fall of the dragon leaving only Zac. Shyvana shook her head from side to side as she finally got her jaws free from Zac's grip roaring as she did so. Before Zac could try to capture her again she blew out a cone of fire stopping the others from getting close again. She reached behind her and grab Zac slinging him to the ground. The she gave no remorse as she breathed out a beam like flame at Zac. He brought his arms up to protect himself as the flames consumed him. Galio sent a gust of wind to open a path for them to get over the wall of fire she made. When they did all they could see was Shyvana roaring as she turned to fly away and a cone of fire where Zac was. Before anyone could try to help a ball of wind caused the pillar to erupt revealing a curled Zac still waiting to be burned. He took his arms down and opened his eyes looking up.

"Did I miss anything?" Lee Sin offered Zac a hand to stand up which he accepted. Akali patted him on the back.

"No you didn't miss a thing my friend. Are you alright?" Zac let go of his hand striking another heroic flexing his arms.

"OF COURSE NO ONE CAN KEEP THIS HERO DOWN!" He kept flexing his arms until one popped blowing him of balance causing him to fall. This caused Akali to giggle and Lee to smirk. Zilean once again appearing out of no where spoke up shocking a few people besides Galio and Lee.

"Well it is unfortunate that she got away but we still have Taric. We will continue with our plan and inform you of anything we may come across. Until then have a pleasant day." He began floating off towards the same direction Nautilus had taken earlier but was stopped by a hand on his shoulder. He turned around to see that it was Garen extending his hand.

"Thank you. If you and them had not come we may not have survived that battle." Zilean looked at Garen's hand then at his face. He accepted the handshake with his expression unchanged.

"I wouldn't thank me just yet. All we know right now is that a champion who used to be a support just took on someone who usually does battle alone with the aid of his own support and still lost. Shyvana was going easy with all of you for some reason but if Taric could take on you, Janna, and myself if he hadn't already taken damage from you what would we have been able to do then? You know the answer to that. The answer is to not let anymore champions to be taken by this darkness. Vayne was lucky to survive it but we need more than luck. For now go to the Isles and if possible don't just swing your sword and hope for the best. Try to learn something. You are a Crownguard after all." With that Zilean let go of Garen's hand and floated off allowing Garen to think about Zilean's words. He didn't have long as a guard came running at standing at attention.

"Commander Garen! Captain Xin Zhao has returned from his journey and is going to be going with you on the trip to the Shadow Isles as ordered by Jarvan IV! Your boat is also ready for sailing! He request that you leave as soon as possible and will meet you on the boat! That is all SIR!" Just as fast as he came he left back to the castle. Garen looked back at the new faces in the group.

"I understand you just helped us out with what had just happened but I would like for you to come with us to the Shadow Isles. You both could be extremely helpful to what we may encounter there. Please come with us." Galio nodded his head declining the offer.

"I want to help you but I can't leave Demacia for I must defend it at all cost even if my life. I am sorry." Garen thanked him as Galio took flight back over the gates to wherever he stayed. Garen turned to Zac waiting for a response.

"Well I am kind of busy too-"

"Alright lets go everyone." Garen started to walk away but Zac spoke up quickly.

"But you know this seems really important and you guys look like you can use a hero on this journey of yours hehehe." He laughed nervously but that's what Garen hoped for as he continued to walk away.

"Alright then we must hurry. We must make it before dark or we won't make it past the shoreline." Everyone followed behind him as Zac cheered out.

"Alright let's go on an adventure!" He kept cheering shooting his arms up as Janna joined in raising her arms in unison. Lee chuckled at Zac's cheer but then he felt Akali's hand raising his arms on one side as Janna grabbed the other side both cheering the same thing. Garen kept walking ahead thinking that they needed someone a little... lighter. After a moment he felt Akali's hand on one side while Zac grabbed the other raising his hands cheering still. He resisted as much as he could but then he found himself cheering along with everyone as the made their way to the Demacian Port.

-End Chapter-

Shingi: Once again I'm sorry it took so long again but on a bright note just got the other job so I will be starting soon and quit the other so more time because the other job had me working left and right lolz. Well plz review and I'll try to update sooner then I did before. Til next time :)